A Quick Look at the Monday Night Ratings!

The new era of the Monday Night Ratings War officially began last night, as Raw jumped over to TNN. Most people expected Raw¿s rating to suffer a little bit due to the channel change, opening the door for Nitro to gain a little ground. Before we dive on into the new era, let¿s take a quick look back at the old one. Raw closed their tenure with USA with a 5.9 rating while Nitro posted a 2.8 number.

Raw on TNN debuted with a 5.4 overall rating, with 5.1 and 5.7 in the first and second hours respectively. Nitro did gain some ground, but not too much, inching up 0.1 to a 2.9 overall rating. Russo¿s main goal right now is to get above 3.0 and stay there consistently. He¿s starting to get pretty close.

The big individual ratings winners this week were the ladies of WCW, Russo and Booker T, and the Ninth Wonder of the World Chyna. WCW¿s bikini contest only slipped 0.3 when Raw started, which is a microscopic number in comparison to the usual drop-off. Once the ladies were off camera, Nitro plummeted 0.9 to a 2.2 rating. Chyna¿s promo did the biggest rating (a 6.2) of the night on either show, airing shortly after Nitro ended. Russo¿s match with Booker T also saw a significant rise in Nitro¿s ratins while competing with the Tag Title Ladder match, an impressive feat.

Check back later with IGN Wrestling for the complete Ratings Breakdown!